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<p>Assume the linker looks for static libraries by default.</p>
<p>Some linkers support switches such as <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-Bstatic</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-Bdynamic</span></code> to
determine whether to use static or shared libraries for <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-lXXX</span></code> options.
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directories for the platform.  By default the linker search type is
assumed to be <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-Bdynamic</span></code> at the beginning of the library list.  This
property switches the assumption to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-Bstatic</span></code>.  It is intended for use
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